2024 NOW Conference Coaches

Emma Wood (she/her)

I have a decade of experience as a management consultant and leader at high-growth companies. Before transitioning to coaching full-time, I was the COO of a private equity-backed consumer products company and have also held various roles in strategy, operations, investing, and innovation for companies such as McKinsey & Company, Sheryl Sandberg’s foundation (LeanIn.Org & OptionB.Org), ZX Ventures / AB InBev, and startups such as Haus. I have both an MBA and a BA from Stanford.

I recently relocated to the Pacific Northwest after many years in NYC and the Bay Area. I...

Erika Reynolds (she/her)

Erika Reynolds has been leading and coaching teams and individuals since 2002. Erika has coached a wide range of leaders from high-achieving student leaders to Executive Directors. Erika is passionate about coaching women in leadership positions to live in alignment with their purpose in their careers by helping them uncover and leverage their unique gifts and talents. Erika helps clients show up as the leader they want for their team with ease and without burning out, so they have more time and energy at the end of the day for their family, friends, and interests. Erika approaches...

Estée Kim (she/her)

Estée is a holistic talent strategist and a management and leadership coach who is able to inspire and engage people by providing the right mix of support and challenge to facilitate their best thinking. Her relatable, intuitive, and refreshingly unpretentious style allows for earnest yet boldly open conversations that lead to generative motion.

With over ten years of global human resources experience across and within industries of pharmaceuticals, art auction and sales, philanthropy, fashion, and public health systems, Estée has spent much of her career developing and...

Farhana Currimbhoy (she/her)

In May 2023, I received a Certificate of Organization Coaching (COC) from the University of British Columbia. I have accumulated 100+ hours of client coaching, so am in the process of getting my ACC credential.

Outside of coaching, I have 25+ years of professional experience in the financial services industry, providing consultation to a diverse set of leaders around business process efficiency, embedded risk mitigation, and control design effectiveness. I have parallel passions for putting the right people in the right roles and for building diverse and highly collaborative...

Faye Harris (she/her)

Faye Harris, a Cal alumna, and Incentive Awards Scholar is a Leadership and Well-being Coach dedicated to helping individuals, teams, and organizations navigate times of uncertainty, break through barriers, and create a future of meaning, significance, and true abundance.

Faye has served an international client base across industries in academia and nonprofits, including as an internal coach at Google. Her whole-person coaching approach is warm, insightful, creative, and individualized. A proponent of inclusion and belonging, Faye partners with leaders and organizations to...

Fiona Bhattacharya (she/her)

Having been in a corporate job for over 25 years, I am now enjoying the path of following my passion to Coach people to explore their full potential. As a credentialed ICF PCC, ICF ACTC coach, and EMCC Senior Practitioner, I feel empowered by my corporate experience and coach training to bring my unique authentic coach self to each conversation to make a difference in the lives of my clients and help leaders to find their path and purpose in life. As a Systemic team coach, am able to drive teams to greater heights and holistic sustainable outcomes for the organization.

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Foteini Kyziridi (she/her)

I am an Executive Coach following a holistic approach considering emotions, body, spirit, and mind. I have worked for 11+ years as an HR professional in Fortune 500 & Fortune 200 companies and have lived in 5 countries throughout my career. I have a Masters degree in Leadership & Change Management and am a CTI-trained coach. Topics I work with are connected to career, life, communication, performance, and relationships. I have a passion for inclusion, diversity, and belonging as well as sustainability.

Gavan Ambrosini (she/her)

An International Coaching Federation (ICF) - certified professional coach, Gavan has more than 15+ years of experience coaching senior level executives and emerging leaders across all sectors on developing leadership and career management strategies for success. She helps you connect to your unique strengths and to strengthen your relationships with others to increase your leadership effectiveness. She will partner with you to gain personal mastery in reaching your professional potential or to reach a clearly defined goal. Her clients learn how to define and develop their authentic...

Geoff Mendal (he/him)

Geoff is an ICF PCC accredited coach and leadership facilitator who has worked with over 450 clients mostly in the tech and educational spaces for the past four years. Prior to becoming a coach, Geoff was a Senior Tools Strategist at Microsoft, Senior Release Engineer and Manager for Google, and Director of Software Engineering at Pandora. While in tech, Geoff was known for building and nurturing high-performing teams. 2023 was Geoff's first year volunteering as a NOW coach, and he is honored to be asked back to coach again.

Inga Bielinska (she/her)

Inga Bielinska is MCC ICF, EIA Senior Practitioner, team coach (ICF ACTC and EMCC ITCA), business trainer, mentor coach and ESIA coach supervisor.
She works globally with clients who undergo change, both organizational and individual, struggle with managing remote and culturally diverse teams, or find communication challenging. Some of them experience issues and conflicts or just try to move up from managing to executive position.
During her career, she gained experience as a managing partner, business owner, consultant, and Board member in non-profit organizations, which...